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How much computer space does Fluther occupy?

I’m just mildly fascinated by the idea that the entire flutherverse is contained in a few (?) beige machines humming away in some hovel in San Francisco, maybe with Ben’s (or Tim’s) socks drying on top. So this whole rich little world where so many of us spend so much time, and that holds the record of so much jelly wisdom—how much disc space do we occupy?

its hard to say really, i just did a check on fluther.com but it has been registered privately. so there are not much details to work with.

however, it looks like they have 3 sites on one server.

fluther.org and fluther.net redirect you to fluther.com, so chances are they have a dedicated server just for this site. this could be one of two reasons. they either need the bandwith. or they need the storage. if it is the later then i would guess it currently takes up between 300 and 600 gigs.

however, it is possible that they have the dedicated server just for bandwith.

but… they have been running for 3 years by the looks of it. and seeing as the text for an average question takes up 16 to 34k. if we say 50 questions a day over 3 years, thats about 400 to 500 megs used up so far.

@bagelface they do this because they’re visionary and they want to create a place where everybody speaks his mind,share ideas,talks free about anything he wants and at the same time their identity is protected(this can give to some people the power to say things that they would never say in real world).
This site creates an unique and very powerful environment where ideas and knowledge spread like a virus. Also the absence of ads is very good because I hate very bad that stupid ads which promote very idiot things.(like the big which flies)

About the space Fluther occupies I have no idea but I don’t think is bigger than a normal hard disk(512 Gb)because Ben and Andrew don’t have any company or something like this. They’re just ordinary people which had a very good idea.

OK, I’m getting down on my knees and petitioning the Fluther trinity, the almighty Bimdrew, for a revelation.

Our Founders, who art in Frisco, you who hold the flutherverse in the sectors of your hard drive and shower your awards upon us, we now ask you to draw back the celestial curtain and let us gaze upon our very essence. If it be your will, tell us, oh Founders, when you gathered the 1’s and 0’s together and breathed life into them, over how much of the sacred disc did our watery expanse extend?

@Harp Haha, don’t worry. We’re using Slicehost but I wasn’t sure about where their datacenters are…not that it would matter either way. They’re way more on top of it they we would be if we had our own servers. Reasons why taken directly from their site: